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Originally Posted by sammo
Racism, yes.
from what i understand, over 95% of the black vote went to McCain -no, correction -Obama. -the highly educated, law abiding, rational, independent thinking, 'inner city'/urban folk .
and i wonder what the pole numbers would have looked like if 95% of the white vote went to McCain -a relatively young, unknown, untested, unexperienced, radical rightwing community organizer.
until an infinitely popular and superior candidate like B.O. gets 95% of the vote, -black and white, i'm afraid there's a long way to go. 
yes, racism.
as a canadian, my info/perception of the mighty usa may be distorted, of course. |
Yup. Very distorted view of race in America.
How Al Gore Did in 2000:
Whites
Blacks 91%
Latinos 62%
Asians
How John Kerry Did in 2004:
Whites 41%
Blacks 88%
Latinos 53%
Asians 56%
How Obama Did in 2008:
Whites 43%
Blacks 95%
Latinos 67%
Asians 62%
Looks to me that no matter the race of the candidate, Blacks favor Democrats and whites favor Republicans. Obama did better among all racial groups, including Blacks by similar margins. From 2004, Obama improved 14% in the Latino category but only 7% for both Blacks and Asians and only 2% for whites. If anything, more whites were apprehensive to vote for Obama.